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Pittsford Central Schools
GRADE: 5
The 5th grade program stresses geographic, economic, political and
social/cultural understandings related to the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Approved April 1998
ECONOMICS:
| Choices |
Costs and benefits |
Specialization |
| scarcity |
capital goods |
labor |
| agriculture |
raw materials |
manufacture |
| Labor |
Goods |
Services |
| Competition: price, quantity |
Currency as a medium of trade |
Resources — human, natural |
| Distribution |
Wages |
produce |
| Economy |
Income |
supply, demand |
| Command |
currency |
Market |
| Trade - foreign, import, export |
industrial revolution — factories |
Competition — price, quantity |
| Tariffs, |
consumer |
producer |
| interdependence |
profit - expenses |
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- Role of government in capitalism, and command economies
- Explain how supply and demand impact cost and production of goods
- Differentiate between goods and services
- Understand the difference between renewable and non-renewable
resources
- Explain how needs and wants impact costs and production of goods
- Explain process of manufacturing a product- raw material to consumer
- Define/explain forces that create a market for a product
- List factors that determine the profit a company makes
- List environmental/ geographic factors that influence the development
of industries
- Cite ways technology has lessened the impact of geography /
environment on industry
CIVICS:
| Declaration of Independence |
Checks and Balances |
State of the Union Address |
| Constitution |
Law |
monarch |
| Bill of Rights |
Census |
Justices |
| Amendment |
Taxes |
Judicial |
| Democracy |
Balanced Budget |
Supreme Court |
| Legislative |
Citizen |
Veto |
| Congress |
Parliament |
Impeachment |
| Senate |
House of Commons |
Inauguration |
| House of Representatives |
Prime Minister |
Cabinet |
| Majority/minority |
Revolution |
British North America Act |
| Executive |
Dictatorship |
Ambassador |
| President |
Federal System |
State, Province, Territory |
| Vice President |
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- Legal rights and responsibilities of citizens
- Understand the need for government
- Identify the three functions of government-make the laws, interpret
the laws, serving as leader.
- Recognize the characteristics of a democracy
- Understand electoral processes and qualifications
GEOGRAPHY
| plateau |
source |
| Plain |
mouth |
| Valley |
river |
| Mountain |
tributary |
| Elevation |
lake |
| Peninsula |
canal |
| Island |
harbor |
| Desert |
bay |
| Tundra |
ocean |
| Timberline |
Regions |
- Understand climate and why climates vary
- Define population density and explain why it varies
- Differentiate between city, state, country, continent
Identify and locate major mountain ranges in the US, Canada and Mexico
| Appalachian |
Coastal Mountains |
| Rocky |
Sierra Madre |
Identify and locate the major waterways in the United States, Canada and Mexico
| Great Lakes |
Ohio River |
| Colorado River |
Mississippi River |
| Missouri River |
Columbia River |
| St. Lawrence River |
Rio Grande River |
| MacKenzie River |
Frazier River |
Identify and locate the oceans
Identify and locate the major cites in the United States, Canada and Mexico
| Washington DC |
Houston |
| Boston |
Ottawa |
| Chicago |
Montreal |
| New York City |
Toronto |
| Miami |
Vancouver |
| San Francisco |
Mexico City |
| Los Angeles |
Guadalajara |
HISTORY: One integrated historic unit has been developed entitled the "Westward
Movement."
(available on-line). During the summer of 1999, two additinal units are
planned.
SKILLS:
- Analyze advertising in various sources: newspaper, television, magazines
- Be able to utilize and compare different kinds of maps: historical, physical, political,
product, resource, population
- Create and interpret bar graphs, line graphs and pictographs
- Create and interpret timelines
- Use various research tools: Almanac, Internet, Encyclopedia
- Write a persuasive essay
- Interpret a political cartoon
- Create symbolic representation (i.e. Drawing) based on a written narrative
- Present oral presentation which includes interpretation of maps, charts, graphs or
charts
- Problem solving:
- be able to consider other points of view
- prioritize
- make judgments
- propose action
Library Component:
- Research a social studies topic using at least three different types of library
resources.
- Use almanacs and atlases to gather information about the states and regions of the
United States.
- Access the Internet in the library to find information about the United States.
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